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Basundi is a delicious Indian dessert commonly made in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. It is similar to rabdi recipe prepared easily by using thickened milk, flavoured with cardamom and nutmeg and addition of dry fruits. Here is the preparation of Basundi recipe, prepare at your home and enjoy its taste.
Ingredients:
1 litre full fat milk 1/2 cup sugar 3 pods cardamom 5 almonds blanched 3 pistachios skinned 10-15 threads saffron
Method of preparation:
Soak saffron in 2 tsp hot milk. Finely chop almonds and pistachios.Peel and powder cardamom seeds with a mallet. Add to chopped dry fruit. Run saffron with base of a mallet, in cup, till dissolved in milk. Put milk to boil in a large deep pan, stirring occasionally. When it starts boiling, reduce heat and boil. Stir frequently, till milk is 2/3 in volume. Add all other ingredients to boiling milk. Boil further for 3-4 minutes. Take off fire. Cool a little. Pour into a large decorative serving bowl. Allow to cool completely, chill in refrigerator for 4-5 hours.To avoid a layer forming on the surface, stir frequently while cooling. Serve chilled in individual cups with rose petal to decorate on top, if desired.By Lizitha

Our everyday habits can cause lot of harm to hair. But we fail to notice the negative impact caused by them. Here are few often do things that damage hair.
Straightner use:
Usually straightened hair will make us look trendy and stylish. So with the availability of straightners in our home we put them directly on hair. But this causes more damage than you can imagine it makes the mane dry, rough and frizzy.
Wet hair brushing:
It is advised not to comb when your hair is wet as it may cause hairfall. Although it is easy to remove tangles on wet hair, experts advise not to brush hair when wet.
Towel drying:
We usually dry our hair with the towel that we use on a regular basis. The fabric agitates the cuticles in the hair which leads to friction, ultimately resulting in hair fall. Choose towels that have soft textures. It's best to use fingers to dry the hair.
Avoid regular shampooing:
Using shampoo everyday will make your hair dry. The chemicals in it may also lead to hairfall. So, if you want to bath your hair, it is advised to wash it with water than using shampoo regularly.
Poor eating habits:
To maintain glossy texture of your hair, include vitamin rich diet without fail. Do remember to take vitamin A, C and E to have healthy hair. By Lizitha

Abhijit, a 20 year old engineering student and volleyball player from Hyderabad, lost his life in an accident and his organs saved five lives, after his death. Abhijit, a resident of West Marredpally was travelling in a car at Kompally on Thursday night and faced a severe accident, in which he was brain was injured very severely. He was declared as brain dead on Friday. Dr. Narasimha Rao, VP (Medical Services), Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad said that, Abhijit had a lot of internal bleeding in the brain and that made him leave his life. Also read: Hyderabadi heart failed to save PakistaniAfter knowing this, the Jeevandan officials contacted Abhijit’s father and mother Uday Kumar and Bhanumathi respectively, and with their consent Abhijit’s organs are used for donating to the needy. “This organ donation happened because of the large-heartedness and understanding nature of the aggrieved parents. They wanted their son to live-on despite the abrupt end,” Dr. Swarnalatha, in-charge, Jeevandan, Telangana State said.
Beneficiaries of Abhijit organs
Abhijit’s heart was rushed to Fortis Malar Hospital in Chennai, in a special chartered flight. Hyderabad city police arranged a green corridor from Yashoda Hospital Secunderabad and because of this, the heart reached airport in just 26 minutes. For a liver transplant surgery in Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Abhijit’s liver was found supportive. Along with the above, one of the kidneys of Abhijit was used in NIMS and another was sent to Yashoda Hospitals. Abhijit’s corneas were donated to LV Prasad Eye Institute. On the whole, there are five people who are benefitted with Abhijit’s organs.Donating the organs is the best thing we can give to our fellow human beings and it is good to know that, Hyderabad officials are very active in supporting these kinds of operations. We are born with an ability of making someone live after we die, be proud of it. Avoid thinking before donating the organs. By Phani

Akshay Kumar, will reportedly play a gay role in his next film, which will be directed by Rohit Dhawan.Rohit made a debut with Akshay Kumar’s ‘Desiboyz’ and delivered a good success to the actor. Since then, a special bonding was developed between the duos. With that bonding, Rohit is able to approach Akshay with a very bold character. Akshay will be seen as a gay in Rohit's movie. In fact, stars like Abhishek Bachchan, already played gay roles in the past, but they are not full-fledged gay ones, whereas Akshay has signed the film with Rohit for a complete gay role. Along with ferocious characters like Gabbar, Akshay is known for his sense of humor and funny characters in films like "Hera Pheri", "Heyy Baby", "Houseful", "Garam Masala", "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" etc. But this range of funniness is never expected from him. By the way, the film is titled ‘Dishoom’.Currently, Akshay is about to release his latest flick ‘Brothers’, where Sidharth Malhotra is playing another lead. Karan Malhotra is the director of the film and the talented actors and actresses like Jacqueline Fernandez and Jackie Shroff are also part of the movie. ‘Brothers’ is a remake of the Hollywood film ‘Warrior’ and august 14th is the release date of ‘Brothers’. By Phani

According to a study performed by the Indian origin scientists, it was revealed that mental stress can increase physical fatigue. Ranjana Mehta, assistant professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Centre School of Public Health, evaluated the interaction between physical and mental fatigue and brain behaviour. The study showed that when we attempt mental tasks and physical tasks at the same time, we activate specific areas, called prefrontal cortex (PFC), in our brain. This can cause our bodies to become fatigued much sooner than if we were solely participating in a physical task.According to Mehta, the findings show that there were lower blood oxygen levels in the PFC following combined physical and mental fatigue compared to that of just physical fatigue conditions. Through simultaneous examination of the brain and muscle function it is apparent that when participating in highly cognitive tasks, brain resources are divided which may accelerate the development of physical fatigue.The findings were published online in Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.By Lizitha

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered impounding of unlawful gains worth nearly Rs 15 crore from the brokerage firm Sharekhan and 15 other entities. Front running is an illegal practice in the stock market where an entity trades on the basis of advance information from a broker or analyst before the information has been made available to their clients.This refers to the 'front running' in at least 29 shares, including Idea Celluar, Suzlon Energy, Jet Airways, DLF, Cairn India, ICICI Bank, RCOM, Indian Hotels, HDFC Ltd, L&T, Unitech, Yes Bank, Videocon, JSW Steel and Hindalco.SEBI directed impounding of the illegal gains of Rs 50.93 lakh from the Sharekhan, while an amount totalling to over Rs 14 crore, which would be impounded from 15 other entities including individuals and companies."As the alleged gains were made during the period March 2009 - March 2011, it becomes reasonable and necessary to levy an interest at 12 per cent simple interest per annum from the date on which such profits were earned," SEBI’s order noted.
"Therefore, Sharekhan’s bank and demat accounts are not ordered to be frozen for debits immediately, subject to it depositing the amount to be impounded ie Rs 50,93,894," the order said."Therefore, in order to prevent such persons / entities from diverting the funds and to safeguard the interests of securities market, it becomes necessary for SEBI to take urgent preventive steps of impounding and retaining the proceeds by way of an interim measure," Sebi Whole-Time Member Prashant Saran said.European banking major BNP Paribas said that it is acquiring Sharekhan in an all-cash deal for an undisclosed sum of money. Market sources said the deal was valued at about Rs 2,200 crore. The fate of this buyout is now in a dilemma.SEBI has said that Sharekhan has made illegal gains of nearly Rs 31 lakh and together with interest it should transfer and amount of about Rs 51 lakh to SEBI within seven days. It also ordered another 12 entities to return the illegal gains, along with interest, Rs 13.5 crore and another three entities Rs 65 lakh. These entities are asked not to sell any shares, properties, till they return their illegal gains.By Premji

Akkineni Akhil’s debut movie, which is being directed by VV Vinayak, is going to be released on October 21st all over.VV Vinayak is known for his commercial mass entertainers and there are very rare instances, where he failed in this aspect. He always gave minimum guarantee hits to all the heroes and was also found successful in introducing debut heroes through the films like Alludu Seenu.Now, Akhil’s movie under Vinayak direction is getting ready for the release. As per the information, the makers are making all the arrangements to bring the film into theaters on October 21st, and before that, Akhil movie audio release will be on September 20th grandly, amidst of Akkineni fans. Anoop Rubens and SS Thaman are jointly giving the music for this flick. As of now, till date, the makers are maintaining tight suspense on Akhil movie title. Though they released the making video and other posters, they are completely mum on the title of the film. So as Akhil movie audio is releasing on September 20th, the title has to be anyway out on or before that day. Nithin is producing this star studded film and Sayesha Saigal will play the female lead. By Phani

It might not take away the heart, but will definitely peel it inside. Paris fashion week 2015, is the witness of the mouth watering and nail biting fashions. Here are a few of the glimpses of gorgeous girls on the ramp. The Valentino attires of theirs can's stop you from saying wow. Wanna check? Here we go

How fast your heart beats or how many seconds can you watch a Leopard closely, when you observe that, it is staring you wildly. Don’t know? So check it here. I hardly did it for 2 seconds by making the video, pause, while Leopard stared.Also read: Lions stop the traffic to killHere is a Leopard, which attacked tourists’ car, while they were filming it in camera.
By Phani

The meeting will formalise a strategy for aiding the government's efforts to neutralise extremist ideologies such as that espoused by ISIS or ISIL. Ways to prevent Indian youth from coming under the sway of extremist doctrines are on the agenda of a high-level meeting.“Attraction towards a radical ideology of any religion is a matter of concern. We will have to put in place a system, as there are inputs that the Indian youth are attracted to different extremist ideologies, including the 'Caliphate' promoted by ISIS," a Home Ministry official said."Counter-radicalisation efforts would include counseling of youth, convincing community elders to persuade the younger generation to not get influenced by any extremist ideology, monitoring of social media sites and taking preventive steps. The focus would also be on how to quickly respond to any report of the younger generation planning to join terror groups like ISIS,” the official said.Efforts are also taken to include the community elders to help the young to dissuade from getting attracted towards the ideology of the terror group, the sources added. The Ministry of Home Affairs, after deliberations with the state government and agencies like Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis wing has formulated a strategy of not going for knee-jerk arrests in cases of Indian youth getting attracted by ISIS.“Home Secretaries and police chiefs of states - Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Assam, Punjab, West Bengal and Delhi are to take part in the meeting,” the official added.Around 25 youngsters have been identified across the country as having been attracted to the idea of IS and wanting to join the group. From Telangana, 17 youths have been prevented from travelling to Syria and four from Maharashtra were also being stopped from travelling to the Middle-East. None of the youths were arrested, instead they were kept under surveillance. They went through counselling and are living normal lives.The meeting is convened in the backdrop of ISIS kidnapping four Indian teachers in Libya, who were returning to India from Tripoli on July 29. Two of those kidnapped were released. Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had briefed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the incident and also the steps being taken by the ministry to secure their release.By Premji